IMPACT Agent Podcast

Rebuilding From Rock Bottom with Andrew Carver

On this episode, Jason talks with Andrew Carver, a successful JPAR real estate agent and recovering alcoholic for 11 years. Andrew shares his road to sobriety story from drinking beer in college til considering to commit suicide in Germany in 2009. Sobriety has been great for Andrew personally, professionally, and financially. He has shifted his life's priorities from intoxication to interests that have helped him find greater purpose and more passion in his everyday life.

Andrew expresses his gratitude for his new life outlook, new wife, and the ability to work as his boss in real estate. Andrew hopes that by sharing his story, it can show some heavy drinkers that there is a way out of their destructive patterns, and hopefully, it inspires them to start enjoying the benefits of life.

Resources

Andrew Carver  -   Facebook   |   carversells.com

Jason Will  -  Website

Key Takeaways

Making good decisions will compound over time and will be a catalyst for other good things to happen.

Work hard at being highly productive every day, not just being entertained.

Sobriety can be the catalyst to reexamine and change your priorities to new interests and hobbies that can reinvigorate purpose and passion.

The successes or failures of Andrew's life are made up of the decisions he makes daily.

Sobriety can bring clarity of where you are in life and where you want to be.

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IMPACT Agent is recorded and produced at Deep Fried Studios - Mobile, Alabama.
Producer: Johnny Gwin 

In this important episode, Jason and guest Chenele Chapman have an open, honest, and respectful discussion of the "BIG" conversation of racism, inequality, protesting, and privilege that most people avoid. Even though Chenele and Jason have different perspectives and life experiences, they find common interests as parents, Christians, and friends on these complex and difficult topics. Hopefully, this podcast conversation will spark you to be less judgmental and more curious about the tragic and complex events unfolding in front us. Isn't it about time we take a hard look within, be more open, and start having those hard conversations with those who seem different than us?

Check out Chenele's Previous Impact Agent Episode >>> Listen Here

Resources

Chenele Chapman  -  Facebook

Jason Will  -  Website

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We would like to know what you think about the IMPACT Agent podcast. Do you agree with Jason? Did any of these ideas help you? Let us know by contacting us at [email protected].

Contact Jason - JPAR Coast & County
Prompt and professional service is our guarantee.

IMPACT Agent is recorded and produced at Deep Fried Studios - Mobile, Alabama.
Producer: Johnny Gwin  

The hardest things in our lives when redeemed by God become the most fulfilling things in our life. - Lindsey Futo

Wisdom is always hard-earned. I think that in this process of wrestling with God, that we will wind up, probably walking with some kind of a proverbial limp, but it's not a sign of weakness. It's a sign that we've wrestled with God and held on for dear life. - Lindsey Futo

In this episode, Jason Will talks with this week's agent of impact Lindsey Futo about surviving trauma and helping others by sharing personal experiences with addiction, sexual assault, shame, and redemption. Lindsey shares her own "prodigal son" story of traumatic life events and how they were a catalyst for questioning her Christian faith and how they transformed into personal healing, growth, and a stronger belief in God and other people. Finding the strength to be the person God wants you to be can be a long journey, but like many examples in scripture, the rewards are well worth the pain, sacrifice, and challenges.

Key Takeaways:

> Pain and trauma can hold one back in life, but it can also transform into a power for good.
> Addiction comes in many forms.
> Change comes from God, people, communities, and strong positive relationships.
> Unexamined guilt, shame, and trauma can lead people to harmful isolation and personal imprisonment.
> Compromising faith and principles get easier and easier with practice.
> Transformation is a progressive thing. It doesn't happen instantaneously.
> Sharing your trauma can help to heal yourself and others who are suffering.
> God gives strength to the weary, and we are comforted by God so that we can comfort others.

Quotable Quotes

I wasn't victimized because there's something wrong with me. - Lindsey Futo

To have that victim mentality, you're dishonoring your life and your transformation. - Jason Will

I realized that running from God was only putting me more in harm's way. - Lindsey Futo

That season of wandering away from God revealed to me my own depravity, and God in his mercy wanted me to know how much I needed to be made new. - Lindsey Futo

You don't have to go out and do awful things. We all have been forgiven much. - Lindsey Futo

Parenting is not an equation that you can manipulate to get the answer that you want. Your child is not your problem to solve. Your greatest act of love is the very best that you can to love them. - Lindsey Futo

When we come to the end of ourselves, it's not a matter of strength because our strength is gone. We're at the end of our rope, and God is near to the brokenhearted.

I was as good as dead, as good as gone. Worthless to anyone who would have had any sense. But I still had worth to God.

We run to alcohol instead of running to God for comfort; we numb ourselves to the discomfort. But if we numb ourselves to the discomfort we're experiencing, we're also numbing ourselves to God's comfort.

When you numb your awareness, you numb your awareness not only to the past but to the present. - Jason Will

Your child is not your problem to solve. They are your baby to love, and your greatest act of love is doing the best, the very best that you can do. - Lindsey Futo

True freedom is not that I can't something anymore. It's that I don't have to do something anymore. - Lindsey Futo

We're saved by the word, but we're healed by his people. - Jason Will

I realized that I wasn't unlovable and that I wasn't unworthy, or at least not any more unlovable or unworthy than any of us are. - Lindsey Futo

God's perfect strength is better than your very limited strength. - Lindsey Futo

When we come to the end of our own strength, God's perfect strength kicks in. - Lindsey Futo

On this episode, Jason talks with Chris Sears, real estate expert, co-founder of JPAR The Sears Group, and coach at Move With Passion Advisors. Chris shares his testimony and life story of self-discovery from a drug dealing and violent teen to a successful real estate influencer and committed Christian. Plus, he delivers his powerful message of transforming hardship and anger into passion, purpose, and salvation to professionals all over the country.

Key Takeaways

> We all need to seek and practice self-love.
> Everyone can rise from their past and reinvent themselves as the best version of themselves.
> We all need to build ourselves up instead of tearing ourselves down.
> Commit to making the changes in your life.
> External changes start from improving the internal issues first.

Resources

Chris Sears - Website

JPAR The Sears Group  -  Website

Quotables

My self-education life journey helped me to understand where to put fear in check in my life and business. - Chris Sears

I took my anger and turned it to passion, passion for love, passion for excellence, passion for doing the things it takes to build myself up instead of tearing myself down. - Chris Sears

A wise man once said, “take captive every thought and make it obedient.” - Chris Sears

I hitchhiked across the United States, running from myself. But, I found out that I showed up everywhere I went. - Chris Sears

I was unhappy for what was inside me, not my environment outside. - Chris Sears

On this episode, Jason talks with Owen Gill, the team leader of The Gill Realty Group. Owen's team building and management approach is responsible for over 300 transactions and 80 million in team sales in the past two years. The Gill Realty Group, a team within the JPAR Coast and County brokerage, built their business through a learning-based mindset, a strategy of online lead generation, quick responses to all inquiries, client referrals, and their ever-evolving sphere of influence. Jason and Owen deep dive into building a productive real estate team, restructuring teams, investing in education, and the power of collaboration.

Key Takeaways

> Become learning-based, go to conferences, and network with successful people in your industry.

> Invest in your team and learn how to get the most out of each team member.

> The hardest hire you will ever make is replacing yourself.

> Have the patience and process to build a team so that you can get the most bang for your buck.

> Internet sales or traditional sales, you have to find closers.

> Facebook is still the most powerful social media platform to use for your digital marketing and lead generation.

Resources

Owen Gill -  Website  

The Gill Realty Group  -  Website  

Quotables:

Learn from your failures to get better. - Owen Gill

I'm recruiting and looking for people to add to our team, and I tell them my goals for every one of my teammates make six figures. - Owen Gill

Leadership is all about authenticity and vulnerability. - Jason Will

People are longing for a community, and they want to be a part of something. They want to know that people care about them. - Jason Will

The real estate industry is it's not a one size fits all industry. There are so many different ways to make money. - Jason Will

If you want to be a successful entrepreneur, whatever business that you're in, Facebook is still the ultimate source everyone still goes to. - Owen Gill

Real Estate is a craft. If you're not continuously learning and getting better, other people are doing learning those skills, and they're outperforming you. - Owen Gill

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Thanks for listening.

We would like to know what you think about the IMPACT Agent podcast. Do you agree with Jason? Did any of these ideas help you? Let us know by contacting us at [email protected].

Contact Jason - JPAR Coast & County
Prompt and professional service is our guarantee.

IMPACT Agent is recorded and produced at Deep Fried Studios - Mobile, Alabama.
Producer: Johnny Gwin  

JPAR puts agents first, so we're always looking for better tools to help them grow. - Debbie Viverito

On this episode, Jason has an honest and open conversation with JPAR Realtor and Director of Recruiting Debbie Viverito about the agent recruiting process, improving the lives and businesses of agents, and the importance of building relationships. The job title " recruiter" has a dirty name in this business, and recruiting advocates Jason and Debbie dispel this impression, and they deep dive into how being recruited to the right brokerage can change a struggling agent's life and business by creating new revenue streams.

Resources:

Debbie Viverito  -  Linkedin 

JPAR Careers  -  Website

This show is sponsored by: JPAR Coast & County

Key Takeaways

> A good recruiter has to go out there, shake the bushes, hustle, stay hungry, and always have their pipeline full.

> JPAR has a tremendous amount of resources that help agents manage, organize, and to grow their business.

> A recruiter should always create value when you're communicating with agents.

> Agents should brand themselves in their markets.

> Sales come from the relationships that agent's build with their customers, not the name brand brokerage.

Quotable Quote:

At JPAR, productivity and service are two core values, and we do everything we can to uphold those values. - Debbie Viverito

Recruiting for real estate agents, you really got to be a hunter. You can't just wait for people to contact you. You've got to reach out and contact them. - Debbie Viverito

Quality is far more important to us than quantity. We would rather have 20 agents in a new franchise office or new office that are productive and producing then having 50 part-time agents that are only closing one or two deals a year. - Debbie Viverito

70% of the hiring process takes place in the follow-up. - Debbie Viverito

If you believe in or what you're offering, your product or service is going to change somebody's life for the better. It really is kind of a ministry. - Jason Will

There are so many brokerages out there that do not even have the basic tools to provide their agents to organize their agent's business. - Debbie Viverito

Call me a recruiter. I'm proud of that. - Jason Will

Stop doing things just for yourself, prove your value, make the customer want to work with you, and make their life easier. - Candace Foster

On this learning loaded episode, Jason has a candid discussion with Better Homes and Gardens Realtor Candace Foster about the benefits of being a learning-based agent and always delivering professional consistency. Candace has built her brand and sales referral business by going "all-in" with the best industry conferences and connecting with other realtor attendees. Want to level up your on the job confidence? Want to grow your referral sales funnel? Candace shares her story and insights on why you need to focus on education, relationships, branding, and not just lead generation.

Key Insights

> Learning-based real estate agents are more confident and successful.

> Consistency is the only magic bullet in real estate.

> Don't use any tools or technology that doesn't make your customer's life better.

> Even in a tech-driven industry, relationships are how you will scale your business

Resources:

Candance Foster  -  Website  |  Linkedin  |  Facebook

This show is sponsored by: JPAR Coast & County

Quotes:

You have to be consistent with not only how your brand looks, but in what you do, and what you say. - Candace Foster

If you're going if you're a learning-based agent, everything you want is outside your comfort zone. - Jason Will

People are not leads. No one wants to feel like they're being sold to people see right through that. - Candace Foster

You can use as much marketing technology as you want, but the customer has got to come first. If it's not making the customers' lives better, don't use it. - Candace Foster

People need to see you out in the community consistently and feel like you're everywhere. Everything is connected. - Candace Foster

People should see that you go to things in your city and that you promote new businesses in your town. You have to be a spokesperson for your city. - Candace Foster

I have a great relationship in the community and with these other agents. We're all each other's customers. - Jason Will

The more technology that's introduced, the more automated things get, people, crave that human connection. - Jason Will

If you can deep dive into a personal understanding of knowing thyself, how your mind works, how you like to work, and how you are in control to change your life, then you can create a different life. - Kevin Mohler

In this episode, Jason talks with Kevin Mohler, and entrepreneur and nationally recognized trainer and speaker in personal development, business, management, and health. A solution innovator, hard worker, and a strategic thinker, Kevin thrives on providing products, services, opportunities, and connections to people all over the world. Jason discusses immersive learning environments, freedom of choice, developing responsibility, positive habit training, and how it relates to Kevin's Strategic Life Design philosophy.

Responsibility is response ability. It's the ability to respond, and how to think about tackling things in life that matter the most. - Kevin Mohler

Key Takeaways:

> Live and immersive coaching and education experiences can change your life.

> Good routines or good habits help us be successful or make breakthroughs in life.

> Patterns that are not serving you well need to be broken.

> You shouldn't make important choices based on our emotions alone.

> Act the way you want to feel, and you'll feel the way that you act.

This show is sponsored by: JPAR Coast & County

Quotable Quotes

Freedom is the driving force in your life, but if you're choosing freedom and it's compound effect, you have to recognize all the little things that need to happen to get you to that freedom. - Jason Will

We cannot make choices based on our emotions alone. Because if we do, it's going to be like a roller coaster. - Kevin Mohler

Life is just like a banana; every day, we can choose whether we're ripening or whether we're rotting in every area of our life. - Kevin Mohler

Whatever you feed thrives, whatever you starve dies. - Jason Will

I can't control if somebody recognizes me from my work, but I can take responsibility for doing good work. - Kevin Mohler

When we think about the things that we have control over, it gives us the freedom of choice actually to do something and make a difference. - Kevin Mohler

Act the way you want to feel, and soon you'll feel the way that you act. - Kevin Mohler

When the heat of the world turns up, whatever we've been marinating in, that is what pours out. - Kevin Mohler

Instead of negative brainwashing, let's do some positive brainwashing. - Kevin Mohler

Personal development is anything that makes you better or become a better person. And we should absorb it as fast as we can. - Kevin Mohler

Focus on your house, not The White House. - Kevin Mohler

When we get to do what we're capable of doing, this is when we feel the most alive and most fulfilled, and that's what strategic life design is all about. - Kevin Mohler

You can bookend your days, you can start a day a certain way, and you can end it a certain way. You can't always control the chaos in between, but you can control the bookends. - Jason Will

Through morning routines, reflection, and vision casting, you're committing to get up and start your day and take ownership of it. - Jason Will

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Thanks for listening.

We would like to know what you think about the IMPACT Agent podcast. Do you agree with Jason? Did any of these ideas help you? Let us know by contacting us at [email protected].

Contact Jason - JPAR Coast & County
Prompt and professional service is our guarantee.

IMPACT Agent is recorded and produced at Deep Fried Studios - Mobile, Alabama.
Producer: Johnny Gwin  

"We are given one life, one body, one opportunity to make the most of the gift that God has given us." - Tami Lindsey

In this episode of tragedy, death, and victory, Jason interviews personal trainer, Christian, and Fairhope Mom Tami Lindsey. Tami's life journey is full of chaos, violence, sickness, faith, and service to others. Her infectious hope born from a lifetime of heartbreaking experiences fuel her life, business, and everyone around her. Tami's incredible story reveals the power of unwavering Christian belief, the necessity of hope, and the immense strength of one of the most unbreakable people you will ever meet.

Tami Lindsey  -  Tami Lindsey Fitness  |  Facebook  | Twitter

Key Takeaways

You should NOT let your circumstances define you.

God has for your purpose in life and continuously ask him how he can use the things you've gone through to help other people.

No matter how bad it gets, you have to believe that God knows the big picture.

You need to have other people when you do fall down. You have to have people who are there to walk beside you and lift you help lift you back up, and you help them as well.

Don't dwell on your yesterday, or an hour ago.

It's never too late to fix a tragedy or a mistake.

Notable and Quotable

Everybody needs to listen to this podcast whenever they're having a bad day. - Jason Will

In life and business, I want to help people. I want to make a difference in every aspect of my life and my business. - Tami Lindsey

Every day I get up and start over. As I wake up it's the first thing I do. Then I pray. - Tami Lindsey

Every day you're hitting the reset button, like no matter what happens today or tomorrow, don't dwell on the mistakes you've made. - Jason Will

I can't focus on the tragedies when there are so many blessings. I just have to be thankful. - Tami Lindsey

God molds and shapes you into who he wants you to be and for him to be able to use you through hardships and trials. - Tami Lindsey

Senior citizens are not what they used to be. - Tami Lindsey

With my business, it's so incredible to be able to help people change their lives. - Tami Lindsey

A huge part of being successful with personal training is building personal relationships. Because you want people to keep coming back and doing something, they necessarily don't want to do. - Tami Lindsey

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Thanks for listening.

We would like to know what you think about the IMPACT Agent podcast. Do you agree with Jason? Did any of these ideas help you? Let us know by contacting us at [email protected].

Contact Jason - Jason Will University
Prompt and professional service is our guarantee.

IMPACT Agent is recorded and produced at Deep Fried Studios - Mobile, Alabama.
Producer: Johnny Gwin